Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes December 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 18 December 2013 03:14:05AM -2 points [-]

And if that ‘stories we tend to enjoy’ heuristic makes sense, what does the success of the Hannibal Lecter franchise tell us?

Something rather disturbing, although, to be fair, he is the villain.

Comment author: hyporational 18 December 2013 04:55:54AM 0 points [-]

He also does have quite a few redeeming qualities. If he were just an average Joe who eats people, I doubt the franchise would have gotten far.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 December 2013 04:02:09AM -1 points [-]

Unfortunately, his redeeming qualities tended to be of the incorruptibly evil variety, i.e., normally good qualities that made him more effective at his evil goals.